TEXAS 3RD: Sheldon grounded out to catcher. Catalanotto grounded
out to first. M Young singled to center. A Rodriguez singled to
right center, M Young scored. R Palmeiro flied out to right.
SEATTLE 4, TEXAS 1.

ARLINGTON, Texas (Ticker) -- Like they have all season, the
Seattle Mariners excelled in all facets of the game as they set
an American League record for road wins with a 13-2 romp over
the Texas Rangers.

Aaron Sele threw seven strong innings to defeat his former team
and Bret Boone continued to feast on Texas' pitching with three
hits as the Mariners improved to 56-22 away from home, bettering
the mark set by the 1971 Oakland Athletics.

"We're proud of that," Seattle manager Lou Piniella said of the
record. "It's not an easy thing to win on the road with the
consistency that we have. It's a credit to our players. We've
fed off our road record all year. We're playing good defense
and getting good pitching but frankly on the road we hit with
more power."

Carlos Guillen, John Olerud and Al Martin homered for Seattle,
which needs seven wins in its last 10 games to surpass the 1998
New York Yankees' American League record for victories in a
season.

Ichiro Suzuki had two hits in five at-bats to raise his
league-leading batting average to .349. The rookie sensation
from Japan also stole two bases to bring his league-leading
total to 50, which is third highest in team history. The
Mariners matched a team record with five steals.

Sele (14-5) gave up two runs and six hits and improved to 2-0
with a 4.76 ERA in four starts against the Rangers this year. He
walked one and struck out three before Jose Paniagua and John
Halama each tossed a scoreless inning.

"To tell you the truth the biggest thing for me tonight was
being able to get my fourth straight season of over 200 innings
pitched," Sele said. "It doesn't matter about run support, you
still have to go out there and pitch your game. As a starting
pitcher you just try to pitch your innings and give your team a
chance to win."

Rookie Justin Duchscherrer (1-1) lasted just 3 2/3 innings in
his second major league start. The 23-year-old righthander tied
a team record by hitting three batters and was tagged for six
runs and seven hits as the Rangers lost for the 11th time in 14
games against the Mariners.

"This team does all the little things right," Duchscherrer said
about the Mariners. "At the end of the ballgame those little
things end up being three, four or five runs."

Mike Cameron was hit by a pitch with one out in the second and
stole second base in front of a triple by Stan Javier to give
Seattle a 1-0 lead. Carlos Guillen followed with a walk and
stole second and Duchscherrer hit Tom Lampkin with an 0-2 pitch
to load the bases. Suzuki struck out, but Mark McLemore had an
infield single and Boone followed with a base hit up the middle
to plate Guillen and Lampkin for a 4-0 lead.

Boone went 3-for-4 and is hitting .466 (27-for-58) with four
home runs and 21 RBI against the Rangers this year.

"I've felt pretty good at the plate lately and have been able to
pick up some hits," Boone said. "I got some good swings tonight
and I think the whole team did as well."

The Rangers closed within 4-1 on an RBI single by Alex Rodriguez
in the third.

Boone had a two-run double to push Seattle's lead to 6-1 in the
fourth. Former Mariner Bill Haselman had a run-scoring single
off Sele in the bottom of the inning.

Guillen led off the fifth and hit Chris Michalak's first pitch
over the left-field wall for his fifth homer and a 7-2
advantage. Boone led off the sixth with a single and one out
later, Olerud sent Michalak's 0-1 offering over the right-field
fence for his 19th homer, pushing the bulge to 9-2.

Guillen had an RBI triple off Mark Petkovsek's in the ninth and
Lampkin drove him in with an infield hit. After Eugene Kingsale
flied out, Martin batted for McLemore and hit his seventh homer
for the final margin.